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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

EX-SENATOR SIMON CAMERON has just eel
ebrated his eighty-eighth birthday.
| GENERAL NELSON A. MILES, the Indian
fighter, is tho youngest United States officer
cf his grade.
THE King of Denmark has two immense
dogs which are his constant companions dur
ing his walks end rambles.
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT's yacht, the Alva,
is being visited by crowds Of Cubans while
anchored in the harbor of Havana.
SENATOR JOHN SHERMAN has accepted an
invitation to address the people Of Nashville,
Tenn, on national questions in April.
FRANCIS PAUL JULES GREvY, President
of France, has a wreath of white hair and
beard running over his head and under his
chin.
| Mr.. SPoFFoRD, the Librarian of Congress,
| can read through twelve-page newspaper
in three minutes He says he 'spicks the
pith."
GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, United
! States Railroad Commissioner, is just eighty
years old. He is one of the Oldest Federal
/ oficeholdcrs.
ALLEN G. THURMAN and Rutherford B.
Hayes both have big chicken coops and take
an enthusiastic interest in fancy breeds of
poultry. Thus do extremes meet.
CHAUNcEY NJ. DEPEw, President Of the
New York Central railroad, will deliver the
address before tho reunion Of the Army Of the
Potomac at Saratoga next season.
| The king of Italy will visit England short
ly; so will the princess royal of Brazil. She
is the wife of the Comte d'Eu, who served
Federal staff officer during our civil war.
MRS GRANT, widow of the General, will
spend the greater part of Lent in Washing
ton. Sho will divide her time there between
the homes of Senator Stanford and General
| Beale.
| Miss IDA NJ. LEIGH, the founder Of the mis-
sions for English-speaking young men and
| girls in Paris is in this country to secure aid
for the British and American Young Mems
Home and Club.
! A CHICAGO Judge having ruled that famous
or notorious people may be "waNed" and ex-
hibited at any time, Miss Nina Van Zandt,
the proxy-wifc of Anarchist Spies, is now to
be found in wax in all the dime museums Of
the West.
| THE richest colored woman in America is
Amanda Eubanks of Rome Ga, who pays
taxes on $4OO 600. The next richest woman is
Mrs. James Thomas, of st. Louis, who owns
the finest barber shop i'll tho world, "Tbe
Lindell," and is assessed OH property to the
amount OF SOU, ,0O0.
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AGAIN SHAKEN,
Charleston, S. c., Disturbed by a Vic.
lent Shock of Earthquake.

Charleston, S. c., Disturbed by a Vic.
lent Shock of Earthquake.
st. Patrick's Day in Charleston was the
bleakest and coldest ever known there
1t was, moreover, ushered in at 9:1O
A. N. by a peculiar and violent shock
of earthquake The city had been so long
free from shakes that this one was somewhat
demoralizing. The shock-it was not wave
came from the southeast. 1t was preceded and
accompanied by the usual subterranean roar,
very loud and dreadful. Then came q
violent jerk, the buildings appearing to have
been thrust forward and pulled back, after
which there was slight tremor as the roar
died out. Most of the buildings in Charleston
have been rendered earthquake-proof by iron
bolts and plates; otherwise there would have
doubtless been serious damage. The cracks
OF such buildings as have not yet been re-
paired were widened, windows, were ratified,
and plastering thrown down in number of
nlanpS
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NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.

FRANK NJ. SCorT, of Newark, N. j., head
bookkeeper for O New York publishing house,
has been arrested on the charge of falsifying
his accounts and misappropriating over
$4,000.
THE American yachts Dauntless and Coro-
net started on the 18th from New York for
Cork, Ireland, on 8, ,000-mie race across tho
Atlantic. The race is for $4,000.
A MOVEMENT has been started in Brooklyn
to raise money for the erection of monument
to the late Henry Ward Beecher. Alta mem
orial service in Plymouth Church on Sunday
ministers of various denominations officiated.
A BOOM in the leading industries of New
England is reported.
four injured at hotel fire in Camden, n. j.
WHILE an auction of household goods was
in progress in stable at Bridgewater, Mass,
the floor gave way, precipitating nearly 100
people into the cellar. Many men and women
were injured in various degrees of severity.
AN express train ran into a Philadelphia
street car, seriously, if not fatally, injuring
Mr. and Mrs. Feaster and their four-year-olG
boy. The child had both feet cut off.
BENJAMIN LEvENTHAL nineteen years old,
shot and killed his father, O New York ped
dler, and then committed suicide. A family
quarrel was the cause.
JAMES BARRETT elected two Italians (broth-
ers) from his house near Scranton, Penn, for
insulting girl. One of them resisted expul-
sion with q knife, when he shot and killed
both.
Hon DANIEL MANNING, Secretary Of the
Treasury, and ex-Treasurer Conrad n. Jor-
dan have sailed from New York for Europe.
Mr.. Manning's resignation as Secretary is
dated April !.
REVISED estimates of the killed and wounded
by the accident on tho Boston and Providence
Railroad are: Killed outright or since died,
%; probably fatally injured, Is; total
wounded, over 100. Several persons in the
excitement after the disaster did not realize
that they had been injured, but on reaching
home found that they had broken bones.
FIRE at Buffalo, n. Y, destroyed the build
ing occupied by a large wholesale grocery
firm and Masonic lodges. Total estimated
losses, $500,
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SOME OLD PEOPLE.
In Galveston Antoine Irving died recently,
aged 10O

In Galveston Antoine Irving died recently,
aged 100.
CORNELIUS DRIsCoLL of Lower Cove, y.
S., is 10l years old, and hale and hearty. He
eats well and daily does light work.
A MAJoR-GENERAL of the old Maine militia
still lives in Windsor, N. S., in the person OF
Hendal Whidden, aged 9G. He is pcnsioner
Of 1912.
WHEN John Crossman died at China, Me-,
recently, at the age of 9G, he left six sons and
orc daughter, thirty-two grandchildren, and
forty great grandchildren.
AT recent Baptist Church festival in New
Haven, Mrs. Nancy German, who is 81 years
of age, sang q song of her childhood, and re-
ceived an overwhelming ovation.
CHRISTINA OSBORN of West Point Pleasant,
Va, was supposed to have died a pauper at
the age Of 81, but in drawer of her rickety
bureau was found an old apron in which
was wrapped $4,000 in gold and silver.
MARION COUNTY, Virginia, boasts of Mrs.
Mary Crow, who asserts that she is Ill years
old; and she is renewing her youth, too, for it
is reported that her hair, for many years g.,
white as mow, is turning black again
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The people of Dodge City, Kansas, are
now marveling over the discovery OF a
large bone, which has recently been
brought into that city from point about
sixty-fve miles southwest, near the Cl-
marron river. This mammoth fossil was
unearthed by some worknen while dig
ging well at the depth of about forty
five feet, and below stratum OF sand
stone. The length of this colossal femur
is about 6 feet 8 1-2 inches; weight, 96
pounds circumference Of shaft, 20 inches;
head of bone, Qemur,) "A inches in circum-
ference; lower end or knee, 80 inches in
Further excavations will
be made at an early date with the hope OF
the entire skeleton.
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,greatesG advocafs o.

Hc h6noEar = HpeH0ln OE mS
1Rrfadd< profound confidence in human nat
ture. Freedom was the keynote of all his ut
teranees and the keynote Of all the work he
did. Looking at his whole life one could ses
almost nothing except to praise and admire
The Rev. Mr.. Humptone said that the love
Of Christ was radiant In all Mr.. Beecher'a
thinking, and glowed in every utterance.
The sunlight Of love was so orbright to him
that his eyes were dark to other things.
} The Rev, Mr.. Camp said we could not think
OF Mr.. Beecher as dead. He has never been
so much alive as he is to-day. Even during
the stormy days of his life he was the apostle
Of good will % ~ ~. -. -,
Rabbi Wintner said Mr.. Beecher belonged
to all nationalides and could not be exclu-
dvely claimed by this or that creed He be-
longed to all races without distinction.
The Rev. DR.. Reed said Mr.. Beecher did
more to give true conception Of God than
any other man who had lived in our day.
This catholicity Of spirit was his predominat-
ing characteristic = -. -:
The Rev. Mr.. Guhck, DR.. Abbott, and the
Rev. Mr.. Parker also spoke. The e1ercises
closed with the singing Of "The Shining
Shore" The benediction was pronounced by
the Rev. Mr.. Freeman.
Memorial services were also held In many
other New York and Brooklyn churches dur:
ing the day and evening
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Now a scientific person has explained
why Hanlan is the great rover that ne
is. DR.. Sargent, of the Harvard gym
nasium, hos examined him, and says
-s;hat he has ga great head and an ex-
cellent body all the way down to the
legs" Judged by a standard OF per-
fection the oarsman's legs and arms are
too short. DR.. Sargent says that this
defect has made Hanlan the oarsman
he is, and that the power from the
shoulders, back and loins, together
with the immense leverage given by the
short legs and arms, is what has mad
him almost the perfection in build for
q sculler.
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The managers of the International Jubl-
lee of railways at Paris are actively en-
gagged in preparing for the opening. The
various modes and methods of railroad
operation in different countries will be IL
Iustrated, and belt line constructed, on
which El.lish, Austrian and Russian
trains will pass up and down steep gradl-
ents. switch from track to track and run
through tunnels.
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J. It is impossible not to admire the pluck
of the Mayor of Nice, France, who un-
dertook to restore the confidence OF the
frightened people by giving his official
assurance Immediately after the recent
-iearthouake that the worst was over, and
that they had nothing more to fear. A
Mayor who can guarantee city against
an earthquake shock is Mayor worth
having.
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Millions for American Heirs.

The Government of Germany has had in its
possession for the last forty five years legacy
Of 81, 600, 900 left by Andrew Teetzel, Of Wur-
States have at last been proven heirs
to this sum. One of the thirty
heirs is j. z. Teetzel, mercantile broker in
Plttsburg His brother, James V. Teetzel,
who is Newly attorney, conducted the
negotiations with the German Government.
The heirs are scattered all over the United
States
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Foreign.

EARTHQUAKE shocks have been felt again
at the scenes of the recent upheaval in Italy
and France.
THE Septennate, or German Army bill, on
its final passage in the Reichstag received 247
votes to 81 in opposition. Eighty-four men,
bers abstained from voting.
FOURTEEN non-commissioned officers who
participated in the recent Bulgarian revolt
have been shot. All the privates engaged in
the revolt have been pardoned.
A SHARP shock of earthquake at MarseiAes,
France, created panic, and emptied the ho-
tells in few moments. Many walls Of build
ings in the city were cracked.
MRS BERRY was hanged at Liverpool on
Monday for poisoning her eleven-year-old
daughter, the object being to obtain e10 in
surance money. She was also charged with
poisoning her own mother to obtain G2O0
insurance money. She died protesting her
innocence.
jector, has been received with much honor at
Berlin, and declares that all danger Of a war
between Germany and France has passed.
THE Pope has just created six new Cardi-
nails and fourteen Bishops.
SEVERAL Moors have been stripped and
fogged through the streets of Tangier,
Morocco, for smoking in defiance of the
Sultan's order. The sale Of all kinds of in
toxicants has also been prohibited.
The Tung Lung Chinese Bank, Of Hong
Kong, has failed. Native creditors stormed
the institution, and carried away or destroyed
everything in the building.
THE Duchess Of Otranto committed suicide
in Paris by blowing her brains out with q
revolver. She was overweight with grief
at the recent death Of her husband.
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A Schooner Wrecked-Threc Lives
Lost.

The schooner ]. Il. Eells went ashore near
the Nauset (Mass) life saving station few
days since. The station keeper, Captain
Knowles, attempted to put off in a ifeboat,
but the sea was so rough nothing could be
done. Life lines were then fired to the vessel
from the bluffs. Only three reached the
schooner. The crew were so exhausted that
they were unable to haul in the slack, and the
lines were carried adrift by the undertow and
broken. Nothing more conld now be done,
and work for the night was suspended. When
morning dawned, Of the tivamen seen the day
before all had perished except two, who were
in the foretop They were rescued They
were the mate, John Olsen, and a seaman,
Andrew Anderson. The vessel was bound
from New York to Boston.
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There is a good deal OF abuse heapeo
upon Americans for sins OF omission anu
commission performed while travelling IN
Europe, but it is to be set down to their
credit that the American travellers are
said to have been the coolest and most
self-possessed class during the recent
EARTHQUAKES. Their superiority to fear
fwSss marked and commented on all sides.
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Floods in the Northwest.

Over thirty bridges on the Northern Pa
cific between Bismarck Park, Dakota, and
Billings have been swept away, and much
damage has been occasioned by the foods
Passengers report that Miles City has been
in all the streets, and in one street in the rear
of the town it was over ten feet deep, compel
ling business men to remain from their homes
all night. At Medora the water in the Little
Missouri surrounded the slaughter houses
and refrigerators Of the Marquis
De Mores and Mandan. The Little
Heart River is now open about
twenty miles above its confluence with the
Missouri, and when theice in the latter stream
breaks Mandan will be inundated, as she is
built on low ground.
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Major General Crook says: ut is my
firm conviction that the Indian should
have the full rights of the American citi-
zen, including the ballot. I know thatI
may be considered hasty, but I say:
Give them the ballot now"
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MEMORIAL sERVICl.
Addresses by Many MiniFts in
Honor Of Mr.. BeechS

Addresses by Many Minif<s in
Honor Of Mr.. Beechs-
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott, ed Of thi
Independent, preached Sunday m ling In
Plymouth Church to an audience u filled
the ediace in every part. None Of Labor.
ate floral decorations and greenhou. display
with which the interior of the 20 wa.
trimmed for Mr.. Beecher's fu, il had
been removed. Mr.. Beechf big
chair remained in the Bcs OF
honor behind the olive-wood pu, :, ~ On
the left of the chair sat Assistant P ,r Hal
Gday, his eyes closed and his head oported
by one hand. The Rev. Mr:Hal ay ut
tered the long prayer, and handkerclfs dot.
Mr.. Beecher in heaven was madG To-
"God sends great leaders, saidDr. Ibott in
his sermon, in great transition Jsriot. This
is an age OF transition. 1t is dSertre from
the Puritan life OF the last cent,y. and the
departure is great and radical. In that de-
parture no man has shown mon leadership
and ethical thought than Mr.. Be&er.n =
The scene in Plymouth Church at night
was one of the most memorable in ,history.
1t has never been more densely cro1ed. One
woman tainted, and was carried out.A panic
could hardly have been avoided If te doors
had not been closed at 7I5 o'clock, awhich
time there were 1900 or 1900 .ersons
outside. vainly clamoring for admissia. The
Rev. Mr.. Halliday presided, and with I'm on
the platforme were ministers representiE al
most all religious denominations They fere:
DR.. Abbott, Congregationaist; the Rev. H.
Camp Unitarian; the Rev. A. M. Freeman t6l-
ored), Presbyterian; the Rev. DR.. L e. Fufk
Lutheran; the Rev. j. G. Ager, Churct Ul
the New Jerusalem; the Rev. Dr. Almon Gun
nison, Universalist; the Rev. DR.. George E
Reed, Methodist; the Rev. J. G. Roberts, Bp
tist; Rabbi Wintner, of the Beth Elohim Syn
gogue, Williamsburgh; the Rev. U. D. Gu1icf
Reformed; the Rev. Lindsay~R9fhe
Episcopalian; tie Rs.: s:I- EE HumpsFsso sFon On
Baptist. The Rev. Mr.. Halliday said he na -
had no conference with the brethren oR !. y
platform on the points on which they inte1Susss IS
to speak. 1t was to be simply love meetiI.
The Rev. Mr.. Freeman read portioS
Scripture and prayed. F. w. Fabers hyr
"Hark! hark! my soul, angelic straf1a1
Beecher, no longer ago than February 271
pronounced good enough to die on, WA
by the quartet choir. -..s',s;,>i
Letters were read from the Rev. Cha
Hall, who preachedMr. Beecher's fund
mon, and the Rev. Father McGlynn.
The various ministers then spoke br
eulogy of Mr.. Beecher. The Rev. u
erts said Mr.. Beecher had brought q
in Gods mercy like the Wilderness &
He taught that there was no place twh
rows are moro felt or where there
kindly Judgment Of human failings
heaven.
DR.. Funk said Mr.; Beecher did mod
any other man to break down religiou
riers. He was the highest developm
the thought that produced the refor1
The continued Development of PlJ
Church along the line he marked ou1
be the grandest monument to his memd
The Rev. Mr.. Ager said Mr.. Beech,
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The retired list of our navy is swelling.
There are fifty Rear Admirals, fifteen
Commodores, fourteen Captains, twelve
Commanders, twenty Lieutenant Com
manders, forty-onc Lieutcnants, forty-slx
Surgeons, twenty Paymasters, and seven
ty-two Engineers.
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Emperor William Would Die in Peace

It is reported that Emperor Wllllam, On
receiving the French General Marquis d'Abzac,
said: "Tell your compatriots that there Is no
danger of war. So long as live shall use az I
soon call me to himself. I do not wish to
leave my people a heritage of blood. Germany
shares my desire for good relations with
France
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symptoms.

Mr.. GEORGE BANCROFT has Ger
man body-servant who has been with
him ever since ne was at Berlin. The
servant wakes the historian precisely at
7 o'clock every morning and prepares
his clothes for him to put on, and an
hour later brings him his breakfast, OF
which the principal feature is fine wheat
hraad
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The Department of Agriculture rept

The Department of Agriculture reports
an increase in the total number of horses,
mules, COWS and oxen owned in this
country as compared with last year. The
greatest increase, says Br0dstreet, is shown
in oxen, while mules show slight excess
over last year. In the case of sheep and
hogs considerable decreases are shown.
The following table shows the total num-
Der at this time and at corresponding
period last year:
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NEAR East Liverpool, Ohio, one night re-
Gently, fishermen were considerably aston
ished at the tremendous bite they got. They
hauled away, however. and with much diff.
Guilty landed spoonflsh seven aud half feet
long, with spoon bill over three feet long.
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. 81, 965, 159, ,S62 81, ,4O0, $50, 1888

Totals. .......s ,365, ,159, ,S62 s., ,4Oo, 1888
The total value of all the farm animals of
the country is placed at $2,40o, $50, eSs,
an increase of $50, ,4s7, ,o76 over this time
last year. The greater share of the in
crease is due to the increased number and
value of horses. The decline in the value
Of COWS has been charged chiefly to. the
low price Of butter.
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AUNT JULIE TAYLOR, who died recently in
St. Louis, claimed to be Ill years old. She
was undoubtedly centenarian, for dangh-
ter rho survives her is very old woman.
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A "FIND" in Sweden lately consisted Of a
wooden coffin containing body wrapped in
woven material The "tind" dates from the
bronze age, and it is the first of its kind made
In that country.
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Fears of an Outbreak in Bulgaria.

Fears OF an outbreak LII DuiS"fi"'
Tho Bulgarian Regents, fearing an out
break Of hostilitics, have divided bulgaria
into two military zones and appointed a com
mandcr for each zone with virtually absolute
powers Tirnova has been fortified and gar
risoned and the Varna and Burghas shore de-
lenses have been strengthened with artillery.
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HERE AND THERE.
Events of Importance from Va
rious Quarters of the World.
Two More Railroad Disasters,
With Loss Of Life.

The other morning heavy mixed train on
the Marietta Mineral Railroad was divided
In order to cross more safely trestle ninety
feet high, twelve miles from Parkersburg,
w. Va. The first section passed over
all right, and the engine, bear
ing Engineer Fl. S. Vincent, Fireman
Albert Busley, Brakeman Stewart, Conduc-
tor Jack Mccoy, and q passenger named Ear
ly, returned for section two. When at the
highest point the engine gave sudden jerk,
and plunged straight down to tho abyss below,
carrying all on board with it. Vincent and
Busley were killed Busley's head was severed
and oIo leg Off, and Vincent was cut in two.
Conductor Mccoy was pinned down by the
heavy engine, and it was nearly an hour before
he was taken out. In the meantime the escap-
ing steam scalded his head, face, and
body. He was probably fatally injured.
Brakeman Stewart vas terribly scalded, and
there were but faint hopes Of his recovery.
Early, the passenger, had both legs broken,
und was injured informally. The place into
which the engine plunged is a yawning abyss,
at the bottom OF which is rocky stream.
On the saiIle day the south-bound train Of
the Elmira, Cortland and Northern Railway
was wrecked two miles south Of Park Sta
ton, n. Y, at 4:5O p NJ Fifty passengers,
board. Twelve persons were consider
ably injured, but no one was killed The
accident was caused by the rails spreading,
throwing the train off. Everybody vas
thrown over the seats by the suddel1ness of
the stop. The sle!sefw sleesef went dear over, break;
i'm the trucks. TIE ,I stGte scaeterea a
Goals all over, burning the Golntns Uc pas
sengers and setting fire to tie eml i +ha bsy G.y
aid prevented any loss Of e.s' ai'u 'lis "'
was nIIt ont.
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As to values, the decline has not been very
large, being greatest in the case of cattle,
which show the largest increase in num-
ber. Horses, sheep and hogs have in
creased in value, while mules have slightly
decreased. The total values of the va
rious classes of animals are shown in the
following: